I'm at a loss here. If there is no malware it has to be corruption. Do
you
have any kind of odd third party software installed that could be
interfering?
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Actually, on the standard account (password protected) I get the same
pop-up
with code "{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}" when I first try to
launch control panel. Then, when I try to launch it a second time, it
does
successfully launch and then I get prompted for my Admin pw.
Walter
I have and use Kaspersky Anti-Virus (6.0.3.837) which shows no
infections,
etc.
Yes, if I am on a standard user account it will prompt me for my
admin
password and allow it to go through.
I'll try the process monitor (and safe mode) and get back to you and
the
group.
Thanks,
Walter
Me too. And it still works if you are not an admin? At this point
it
sounds
more and more like malware. Have you done a recent scan?
If I were in front fo the computer I would trace what is happening
with
Process Monitor
(
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx).
However,
it
is sounding more and more like some form of malware or something is
blocking
administrative accounts.
BTW, have you tried safe mode? You know how to get into that,
right?
Hit
F8
during a boot when the "Loading Windows" screen comes up.
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Well THAT didn't work!
I created a new Admin account and before renaming the old profile
even
the
new account can't launch Control Panel!
Now I'm really baffled (and worried).
Walter
Ok, I'm ready to try this today.
Hopefully this will not affect my Windows Mail that is
associated
with
the
corrupted account.
But you say that Windows re-creates the profile again when I
reboot
and
log-in again so my Windows Mail should also be re-associated at
that
time.
Thanks.
Walter
Sorry. I'm not being explicit enough. You need to log on with
another
administrative account, take ownership of the folder, and then
you
can
rename
it. You cannot rename it while you are logged on with the
account
that it
belongs to because then it is in use by the OS.
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Ok, if I cannot rename the profile folder then how do I do
what
you
suggest: rename the profile for the old admin account?
Walter
On Jan 21, 12:37 am, Jesper <
[email protected]>
wrote:
You would lose any customization, such as of the start menu
and
anything that
was unique to the account.
You cannot rename the profile folder. Its name is managed by
the
system.
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"but the cost of it is that all the settings you made
under
the
old
admin
account are now lost"
Specifically, what settings are included? I don't believe
I
made
[m]any
changes but I want to be sure what my potential losses
might
be
before
renaming. Also, "rename" is not an option for the profile
folder
when I
right-click on it...
Thanks,
Walter
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Based on the information given, this must be related to
corruption
of your
admin account. Try to create a new admin account (just
temporarily) and
see
if it works there. If that works, log on with the new
account
and
rename
the
profile for the old one. It is in c:\users\<name of the
account>.
Just
rename
it to .old. The computer will re-create it when you log
on
again.
That
should
make it work again, but the cost of it is that all the
settings
you made
under the old admin account are now lost. The data is
still
there,
so any
files you can copy back over from the old profile.
Something must have caused this. The two typical
culprits
are
malware and
overzealous anti-malware programs. Do you have any
anti-malware
programs?
If
so, which? Make sure it is up to date and run a scan.
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No I haven't made any registry changes, at least none
that
I
would
specifically edit the registry. I've only
installed/uninstalled
name-brand
software. I can't pin down exactly when it stopped
working
(that's the
problem).
1) I can only get to CP from my limited account. Then
I
am
prompted to
enter the Admin account's password. This is an
annoying
way
to
access CP
but at least it works.
2) I can certainly launch System Restore from my
limited
account
but
again I
don't know how far back to go. Also, I can change my
limited
account
type
to an Admin account type if needed.
I'm looking for specific things to do to get CP working
again
under my
Admin
account.
Thanks,
Walter
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Have you made any changes to your computer?
Specifically,
have
you made
any
registry modifications? The title you have on the
window
is
the
internal
class ID for the Control Panel.
A couple of options you can try are:
1. Open the Control Panel using your limited user
account.
Does
that
work?
Every Control Panel item that requires elevation will
prompt
for it..
2. Use System Restore to restore the computer to an
original
working
state?
You can try to get there by opening a command prompt
and
typing
rstrui.exe.
You should do that after having booted into safe
mode.
Restore
to a
previous
restore point that you know worked.
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I have two user accounts on Vista Home Pro.
One is a standard, limited user account (password
protected)
and the
other
is my admin account (obviously with admin privileges
and
password
protected).
I am not sure when this started happening but I am
unable
to
launch
control
panel under my admin account.
I get a pop-up of "Windows cannot access the
specified
device, path,
or
file. You may not have the appropriate permissions
to
access
the
item".
The title bar of this pop-up has
"::{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}"
What I can do is launch control panel from my
standard/limited
